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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-129

…his power to the Board of Directors or the Management Board under the conditions set out in Article L. 225-129-2. The capital increase must, subject to the provisions of Articles L. 225-129-2 and L. 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-1

…ules concerning sociétés en commandite simple and sociétés anonymes, with the exception of articles L. 225-17 to L. 225-93 and L. 22-10-3 to L. 22-10-30 and article L. 236-17, are applicable to sociét…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L621-1

As an exception to the refusal of entry at the border provided for in article L. 332-1, the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory provided for in article L. 611-1 and the implement…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IVa: Certain regulated tariffs

Article L444-7

…which the relevant costs and reasonable remuneration, referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 444-2, are assessed globally for all services subject to charges pursuant to Article L. 444-1;2°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-8

Any person mentioned in article L. 654-1, to take any action or make any payment in breach of the provisions of article L. 622-7; 2° For any person mentioned in article L. 654-1, to make a payment in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article L6333-5

…ves and performance, which defines in particular the portion of the resources mentioned in articles L. 6333-1 and L. 6333-2 intended to finance the costs of implementing its missions, including the fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Recording of offences.

Article L6363-1

The labour inspectors referred to in article L. 8112-1, together with the vocational training inspectors and category A civil servants placed under the authority of the Minister responsible for vocati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-21

…same table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5214-7 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5214-8 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 II. - In th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Prohibited games and lotteries

Article L775-38

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 563-1 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 563-2 Ordinance no. 2019-1015 of 2 October 2019 L…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

…orised by a delegated federation;c) During the international sporting events referred to in article L. 230-2 ; d) Outside the competition periods for the sporting events mentioned in a to c ;e) During…

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